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Blog | Angola, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe

Freedom of information laws struggle to take hold in Africa

By Mohamed Keita/Africa Research Associate

Monitor reporter Angelo Izama, right, went through the courts to gain access to government documents and was denied. (Monitor)

In Uganda, a ruling this week in a landmark case of two journalists seeking to compel their government’s disclosure of multinationals oil deals highlighted the challenges to public transparency just before media leaders, press freedom advocates, officials, and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter gather in Ghana next week at the African Regional Conference on the Right of Access to Information.

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Blog | CPJ, Ghana, Russia

For investigative reporters, many risks and some answers

By Kristin Jones

Reporters who dig up carefully buried facts about those in power can easily find themselves in danger. In countries where a tradition of watchdog journalism has not yet taken hold, the risks of practicing investigative reporting can be real and physical for those reporters that take it on.

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